In message of Sun, 3 Jul 2016 12:54:27 in uk.transport.london, MikeS writes
Having tired with the frustration of using TfL's new "improved" journey planner for bus arrivals I decided to develop my own application. This
has progressed to the stage of searching for bus stops by name. You have to find your own solution as the API does not provide a direct way to
do it (or anyway I cannot find it). I have been looking for a bug because my application often gives very different results to the same search
with the TfL journey planner but I now realise I am correct and the Tfl web site is wrong.
For example, if you search for a stop called Abbey Road TfL will usually return a pair of stops on route 31 although it sometimes suggests a
couple of other stops with Abbey Road included in the stop name. My application returns a total of 7 stops called "Abbey Road"
I scrape data from tfl.gov.uk/buses,
using http://www.londonbusroutes.net/routes.htm for the set of routes.
This is unreliable as TfL can't manage to produce reliable data.
e.g. 150 shows as running to Becontree Heath or Becontree Heath Bus Station.
It should show Chigwell Row or Becontree Heath.
The route to Becontree Heath shows from Becontree Heath Leisure Centre
to Gants Hill Station / Cranbrook Road.
The route to Becontree Heath Bus Station gives
"Sorry, that page cannot be found".
I first reported this to Tfl's Customer Service Centre on March 3.
The CSC deems a problem satisfied by reporting it to the web team.
Lately, 15 only reports stops between Tower Hall and Trafalgar Square,
rather than between Blackwall and Trafalgar Square.
(All 15 buses must use Routemasters
Somebody who sounds competent, has just taken up "my" faults.
I live in home.
One of the latest is that about 300 stops have no SMS (text) identity.
Anyway, to get back to Abbey Road. I have:
Link Stop Name JP Id Co-ordinates
Services
https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/stop/490003027E/abbey-road Abbey Road stop X 1003027 51.539697, -0.187827
N28 Camden Town 31 Camden Town N31 Camden Town
https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/stop/490003027W/abbey-road Abbey Road stop M 1003027 51.539976, -0.186677
N28 Wandsworth 31 White City N31 Clapham Junction
https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/stop/490003028E/abbey-road Abbey Road stop H 1003028 51.529354, -0.269898
187 Finchley Road, 02 Centre 224 St Raphael's 224 Wembley Stadium 226 Ealing Broadway
https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/stop/490003029W/abbey-road Abbey Road stop -W 1003029 51.53868, -0.279163
112 Ealing Broadway
..../490003030N/abbey-road-studios-grove-end-road Abbey Road Studios / Grove End Road stop R 1003030 51.532456, -0.177849
139 West Hampstead 189 Brent Cross
https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/stop/490006877S/abbey-road Abbey Road stop W 1006898 51.489399, 0.124079
B11 Bexleyheath, Bus Garage
https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/stop/490007938E/abbey-road Abbey Road stop SE 1007938 51.415987, -0.185749
57 Kingston 131 Kingston 152 New Malden, Fountain Roundabout 200 Raynes Park 219 Wimbledon 655 Raynes Park High School
https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/stop/490007938F/abbey-road Abbey Road stop SH 1007938 51.416116, -0.185356
57 Clapham Park 131 Tooting Broadway 152 Pollards Hill 200 Mitcham 219 Clapham Junction 655 Mitcham
I make that 8 stops.
I ignore several Twyford Abbey Road stops.
The Journey Planner Identity is handy.
From=Abbey Road is ambiguous.
From=Abbey Road&Fromid=1003027 is unambiguous
The From value seems to be ignored if Fromid is specified.
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Walter Briscoe